Im part of the rescue and Survival Program and I am just curious what every body else is carrying for knives at all the other MSST's. I know the R&S Manual has references for knives but Id like to give theses guys something a little more tactical then a myerchin with a marlinspike that they never use. And did you have to get approval through anyone to purchase them. If you have any ideas it would be much appreciated. Thanks.

At 06 we got Spyderco's, but I don't know what model or what the process entailed

Here's the link to a discussion on here awhile back. Seems to have quite a bit of info on various knives and what you can/cannot get.

Knives

On second thought, ours were benchmade. It's been a while since I've seen it

A good folding sheepsfoot blade and marlinspike ought to do it:

Tomahawks!

Just paint it black and put velcro on it, then you can call it "tactical".

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Just paint it black and put velcro on it, then you can call it "tactical".

Just dont wear it on your LE belt!

SOG has a GSA contract and are also very good knifes. sog Trident, or Flash should do

Get yourself a cutlass! arrrrrgh!

GET A LIFE!!!!!

Alot of our MLE guy's purchased folding Karambit's from Steve Tarani when he came to give knife defense classes. They seem to be pretty durable.

How about this nice Tactical Butter Knife.

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How about this nice Tactical Butter Knife.

Thats a pretty sweet butter knife. I bet it butters a mean piece of bread

Look at the Benchmade AFO model BM-9050SBT. It's already mil-spec approved, our AST's get issued them I believe, the NSN is NSN-1095-01-446-4348 Knife, Automatic, Switchblade.

The automatic opening is easy for one-handed use, use with gloves, opening underwater, plus the black coating helps minimize corrosion in a saltwater environment. I would guess price would be the only drawback.

benchmade is freak'in fantastic

black teflon = zero rust

i don't know what's on your belt but...

The best knife is the Rex-applegate field and combat ranger. 84.99 GSA. All MSST need this for their safey and to kill in battle.

I'm thinking with 45 rounds of ammo, if you have to use your knife running away might be a wise option.

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The best knife is the Rex-applegate field and combat ranger. 84.99 GSA. All MSST need this for their safey and to kill in battle.

You run into that situation very often?

Ex CG Gm,

I was being a smartA$$. In my opinion any knife with a blade is good for me. I didn't know that MSST's needed spec war knives. I'm just a mk, I'll use a sharp rock if I have to!